Apr 25, 2008

Easter Eggs

Before we came up with food coloring, Easter eggs were traditionally colored by use of onion peel. There are other natural resources of color, but this is how my ancestors did it, and I continue to do it every year, at least half a dozen for my own enjoyment.Kids, of course get to mess up my porch and color with food colors, and stick the stickers where you didn’t think they would : )For me Easter is this Sunday (Orthodox), and I color the eggs on Good Friday, which is today. It’s very simple, all you need is some stockings (need I say new- c'mon they're cheap), cut up into pieces, fresh leaves which should be available by now, onion peel, and water.The more onion peel you have the deeper red the color will be, but of course if you have a husband who threw away your onion peel (by mistake : ), which you have collected for months, than you will have to settle with the peel of maybe 10 onions, urgh!!!

First you position your leaf, then you secure it with a piece of stocking, tying it in the back, and you boil the eggs as usual, only with addition of onion peels. When done, and cooled down, reveal your art!

Medena, this is exactly how we color the eggs in Azerbaijan! With onion peel, with cilantro leaf and a nice pair of stocking:))) We do not have Easter, but we have a holiday called Novruz, which is a celebration of Spring. That's when coloring eggs becomes a must. I really love your step by step pics! Great shots! I am falling in love with your site! Happy Easter to you and to everybody who celebrates it!

Thank you Farida! Such nice comments! That is interesting about the egg coloring in Azerbaijan. I would color them even more often than just for holidays, I love them! I love your blog too, and you take awesome photos!

he eggs are so beautiful. I wrote a blog entry about them and you with links. We get 17 million hits a month-so I am re you will get extra traffic!www.ifood.tv/blog/happy_easterBaba made some eggs for Marko and Melania on Friday!

These are so darn pretty! Now I really feel bad that I skipped doing this with the kids this year. Fingered crossed, I remember to follow your instructions for next year. I really love the way you did them.

Also this is how we used to colour Easter eggs in Poland - except, we don't stick leaves, instead we scratch pictures (with needle or small knife) on already coloured eggs. Your eggs are so pretty. Great job!